BEL+T

The Built Environments Learning + Teaching (BEL+T) group is unique in Australia, and a rarity in the world. BEL+T works with academics and students to research and support excellent built environments education. We focus on the opportunities that are opened for graduates, and for our built environments, by great learning experiences. BEL+T applies creative problem-solving and design-led approaches, evidence-based research methodologies, and project-focused consultancy to improve teaching quality and student engagement. Visit the BEL+T site to find events and opportunities; and also tools, guidance and resources for academics, new sessional teachers and built environment education researchers.

Bachelor of Design: Design your way

The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning educates and activates the next generation of built environment thinkers and practitioners. Our multidisciplinary approach prepares students to advance into the world as leading, adaptable professionals in their fields.

Scholarships and awards

Scholarships aren't just for high achievers. The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning offers scholarships and awards for many situations. Benefits can include cash prizes, mentoring and discounted accommodation.

Through our unique breadth and transdisciplinary focus, we carry out creative, fundamental and applied research projects into the past, present and future of our built and natural environments. Our research makes real and lasting impacts and critically informs the teaching of future generations of practitioners, researchers and designers.

Transforming Housing: Affordable Housing for All

This project seeks to build partnerships to transform Melbourne’s housing industry, in order to meet social justice, economic resilience and environmental sustainability challenges facing Melbourne and Australia.

Melbourne School of Design has vast networks, with an alumni community of more than 14,000 people and connections throughout the world. We engage with alumni, donors, industry, government and the wider community, as a voice in public conversations and transforming practice.

Atrium Magazine

Atrium is the official newsletter of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne. Atrium profiles and celebrates ABP’s diverse research and teaching activities, programs, events, staff, students and alumni and examines vital issues related to design and the built environment.

The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, incorporating the Melbourne School of Design (MSD), is a creative and people-oriented built environment faculty in Australia’s leading research-intensive university.

We’re passionate about activating the next generation of built environment professionals, providing a world-recognised education which inspires and enables our graduates to create and influence our world.

We teach across the built environment fields, making us unique among Australian universities, and part of a select group worldwide. This mix of expertise enables us to prepare our graduates to design solutions for an unpredictable future.

Our staff and students are busy visualising exciting and relevant ways of programming our cities. Melbourne, ranked as the world’s most liveable city, is a fantastic city in which to become and be an expert in the built environment fields.

Researchers and industry practitioners teach our programs and are leaders in public conversations about our cities and regions, shaping policy development and transforming Australian practice.

The University of Melbourne established an Architectural Atelier in 1919 and one of the first Bachelor degrees in Architecture in 1927. Our lively culture of exploration manifests in our classrooms, studios and research enquiry, complemented by lectures, forums and exhibitions. Our cultural diversity is one of our strengths: students and staff have come to Melbourne from over 50 countries. We have a strong alumni body who hold leadership roles across Australia and the world.

Disciplines

We strive to develop imaginative, thoughtful, critical yet industrious students, complete with the appropriate skills to improve the quality of our built environment, addressing complex questions through a synthesis across disciplines.